Thursday, January 14, 2010

Screening of Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood...Saturday, Jan.16, 7:30pm, Mt. Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave. N.Vancouver

Wondering why your home is inundated with your children's toys, clothes, etc. Are your children continually hounding you for "stuff"?

Find out what may be behind it all. Consuming Kids is a brand new and critically-acclaimed film from the Media Education Foundation featuring the CCFC (Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood) staff and Steering Committee. The film is an eye-opening account of the pervasive and pernicious effects of children’s advertising on the health and well-being of kids.

Learn how marketers use the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into a yearly TRILLION dollar market.

View preview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maeXjey_FGA&feature=player_embedded
or get more information at
http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/

See you there!

respect. reclaim. revitalize. your space. - Visual Girl

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